Romney Family Gets Security Sweep

UPDATE (8:00 pm ET): Alright, we should have heard by now according to earlier reports. Now it's looking all like a tease. And now there's news out that Romney's sister's house may not have gotten the special treatment from the Secret Sevice."If the Secret Service is vetting...

Elena Dementieva takes women singles tennis gold

Russian tennis players don’t only look good, they can also win big. Elena Dementieva’s gold, Dinara Safina’s silver and Vera Zvonareva’s bronze Olympic medals in tennis women singles are a testament to that....

Zagunis Stays Sharp: US Gold in Women's Sabre

It's only the first day, and already several medals have been awarded. Reigning champion Mariel Zagunis brought the USA its first gold medal of 2008 by defeating Sada Jacobson, also of the USA, in the Women's Individual Sabre. Becca Ward defeated Russian Sofiya Velikaya for...

Record Rainfall Set to Hit Toronto

Rain rain, go away...but a few more drops won't hurt us folk in Toronto from getting a record amount of precipitation this week.Around 240 millimetres of rain has fallen since the beginning of last month, and only...

Hundreds nabbed in U.S. child prostitution sting

There are certain stories that lift the human spirit, that enoble us as a species. This is not one of them."WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 300 people have been arrested for involvement in child prostitution rings and 21 children rescued in a nationwide sweep, the FBI said...

Fleet Week Style 2008: Planes, ships and helicopters

Watch out New York!  Thousands of US sailors, marines and coast guardsmen will flood NY streets as Fleet Week 2008 kicks off on Thursday."This year's flotilla includes five American warships and three Canadian...

Star-struck! Scientists amazed by extraordinary, million-strong 'Brittle Star...

" A natural wonder dubbed "Brittle Star City" has been discovered on the summit of an undersea mountain.Scientists were amazed to find tens of millions of starfish-like creatures packing the flat top of the seamount,...

OBAMA 'ROBBED' IN NY

"February 16, 2008 -- Barack Obama's primary-night results were strikingly underrecorded in several districts around the city - in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, in fact, he had pulled in hundreds, the...

Bye Bye Burgers, South L.A. to Ban Fast-Food

Fast-food is inherently linked to its price point, availability, and accessibility, so it will be interesting to see what the impact will be of removing its convenience, if South Los Angeles is succcessful in banning...

What happens here may not stay here

Only the editor in chief would get away with this type of article, badly written, edited and with racial slurs. "Wesley PrudenNovember 23, 2007 NEW ORLEANS. -- The politicians and the pundits are still sorting through last week's municipal election returns, and the results...

Time for Halos to make a big move

Sue me, I like the Angels and I like baseball. This is pretty good analysis of what is in store for this homer's team and I thought others just might be interested."The Angels cruised to 94 wins and their third AL...

Flash floods sweep through villages in South Aceh

"Flash floods swept through a number of villages in South Aceh district, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province, on Tuesday, forcing thousands of people to abandon their homes. South Aceh sub dstrict deputy head Harfana...

Revenue renews offshore sweep

"Plans for a renewed assault on tax evaders with undeclared offshore accounts are being drawn up by Revenue & Customs, which has called an exploratory meeting with 170 banks, brokers and wealth managers for Tuesday. . The Revenue wants to widen its net to catch more...

Disaster looms as 'Saddam dam' struggles to hold back the Tigris

"As world attention focuses on the daily slaughter in Iraq, a devastating disaster is impending in the north of the country, where the wall of a dam holding back the Tigris river north of Mosul city is in danger of imminent collapse. "It could go at any minute," says a senior...

Britain has again been hit by freak storms

"Britain has again been hit by freak storms - flooding homes and sparking travel chaos across the country.Several train companies are warning passengers not to travel, and Tube services have been badly...

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